Listers:
        I have a very dim "High beam" indicator light.  I can't see if my
high beams are on until its really dark outside (what's the fun in
that).  I was planning to replace the bulb, but I wonder from some recent
posts if cleaning contacts at the headlight switch or elsewhere would be a
better initial step.
        If you see a Wolfram Syncro Westfalia driving at dusk with
highbeams on, that's me.  If you flick your highs at me, I probably think
you are saying hello, and I will wave back.

Thanks.
Alan.
Shrewsbury.

On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Marshall Ruskin wrote:

> One important tip for this job, is to replace all your dash bulbs while the
> dash is taken apart.
>
> You don't want to have to pull the dash again, just to replace a bulb.
>
> Marshall Ruskin
>
> >In a message dated 11/16/99 6:31:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >VintagePkr@AOL.COM writes:
> >
> ><< I've checked Bently for a procedure and all they seem to
> > show is an exploded view and something bizarre about a knife to split the
> > case.  I asked a friend of mine with access to a mechanic's billable time
> > manual and he told me that the vanagon r&r of the heater is 4 hrs for the
> gas
> > vanagon and 5 hrs for the diesel (why the 1 hr diff?) Still that's 300
> bucks
> > at least just for the labor 100 bucks more for a new fan motor and right
> now
> > the van is teetering on the edg >>
> >
> >any way you look at it, the job is a whoppin pain in the ass.    you have
> to
> >remove the whole dash.  then you have to split open the heat seamed housing
> >to get at the motor.    there is no "quick easy fix".    bite the bullet,
> do
> >the job once, and do it right.  maybe a friend can let you use their heated
> >garage to work in. (remember plastic breaks like glass in freezing or below
> >temps) i think Ron sells the fan motors for less than $100..im pretty
> sure..
> > check his site.   dont even bother putting a used fan motor in, or you'll
> be
> >doing the same thing next year again..  i actually have a few used dash
> >blowers that are prolly good,  but i'd never put a used one in my van...
> >
> >chris
> >
>